Wednesday, April 16, 2014

ROK nuclear envoy to meet Chinese counterpart

Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, will hold talks with Hwang Joon-kook, his counterpart from the Republic of Korea, during Hwang's China visit, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Friday.

Hong made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to introduce Hwang's visit.

According to Hong, Hwang was scheduled to meet with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and hold talks with Wu.

Hwang and Wu will exchange views on the current situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as on the resumption of the six-party talks, said Hong.

Hwang arrived in Beijing on Friday, shortly after he held three-way talks with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts in Washington this week.

Tensions have been heightened on the peninsula in recent weeks, during which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired a volley of missiles, both Koreas fired artillery shells into each other's waters, and Pyongyang threatened to conduct a "new form" of nuclear test. Endi